indoors

«indoors» in Mova's school dictionary: inside a building, not outside — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (indoors); adjective indoor (an indoor pool)

meaning for a pupil

Indoors means inside a building, not outside. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life you go indoors when it rains or when it gets dark; there are indoor games for rainy days. In safety lessons: in a thunderstorm go indoors; keep pets indoors during fireworks; on very hot days or when the air is smoky stay indoors; never use a barbecue indoors because of poisonous gas. In health lessons children need time outdoors as well as indoors. Phrases: go indoors, stay indoors, keep indoors, indoor games.

examples

• It's raining, so let's play indoors. tree →
• Go indoors if you hear thunder. tree →
• Keep the cat indoors on Bonfire Night. tree →
• We had PE indoors because the field was wet. tree →
• Never light a barbecue indoors. tree →
• My grandma's tomatoes grow indoors in winter. tree →
• We spent too long indoors; let's go to the park. tree →
• The swimming pool is indoors, so we can swim all year. tree →
• Whereupon he went off indoors, whistling cheerfully. tree →

note

«Indoors» is an adverb (go indoors, stay indoors); «indoor» is the adjective before a noun (an indoor pool). Opposite: outdoors, outdoor. «Inside» is also common: «go inside».

In the corpora

• A cut horse chestnut twig kept in water indoors opens its buds early.
• Burning charcoal gives off carbon monoxide, an invisible poisonous gas, so barbecues must never be brought indoors or into a tent.
• "Made a mess" means a pet went to the toilet indoors.
• Today experts say even more simply: when thunder roars, go indoors.
• In a hurricane you stay indoors away from windows, or leave the area if officials tell you to.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «indoors» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.